"tread in someone's footsteps" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: treads in someone's footsteps [present, singular, third-person], treading in someone's footsteps [participle, present], trod in someone's footsteps [past], tread in someone's footsteps [past], treaded in someone's footsteps [past], trod in someone's footsteps [participle, past], trodden in someone's footsteps [participle, past], tread in someone's footsteps [participle, past], treaded in someone's footsteps [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|tread<,,trod:tread:treaded,trod:trodden:tread:treaded> in someone's footsteps}} tread in someone's footsteps (third-person singular simple present treads in someone's footsteps, present participle treading in someone's footsteps, simple past trod in someone's footsteps or tread in someone's footsteps or treaded in someone's footsteps, past participle trod in someone's footsteps or trodden in someone's footsteps or tread in someone's footsteps or treaded in someone's footsteps)
  1. Alternative form of tread in someone's steps Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: tread in someone's steps
    Sense id: en-tread_in_someone's_footsteps-en-verb-ANe-YkkU Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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